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12-16-2014, 06:46 PM
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Junior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 28
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New to the Full Timers lifestyle
Hello everyone,
My wife and I have been retired for a couple of years and have been doing the Snowbird travels in the late winter months escaping the huge ice cube in Ohio called Lake Erie.
This year is different. We sold our home in Ohio in late October and decided to head south for an extended winter trip since we no longer had a permament anchor in Ohio. We are traveling with our Silky Terrier Simon on a Winnebago Vectra towing an SRX.
This year we decided to check out Texas instead of Florida as in past years. We are hanging out in the Coastal Bend area and have had good weather and nice parks to date. My wife is struggling a little because of not being with her grandkids for the holidays but we have been checking in with them weekly and sending some special secret Santa packages back up to the north.
I hope the forums will be an excellent source of information as we settle inot this new chapter in our lives.
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12-16-2014, 06:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Full Timing
Posts: 751
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Welcome to the full time lifestyle. We're relatively newbies with 17 months on the road and we don't see an end in sight. 
flyingthekoop.com
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Mike
2003 Alpine Coach 40MDTS - 400HP Cummins ISL
Can Am Spyder Roadster
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12-16-2014, 07:04 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: FL
Posts: 11,187
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If you haven't tried facetime or another online live video call check with the grandkids. They will know how to set things up. We get together with friends and relatives frequently. It eases the pain a lot.
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12-16-2014, 07:06 PM
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Community Administrator
Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Marquette, Michigan "Da UP" & Lehigh Acres Florida
Posts: 21,789
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It's great to see you here, enjoy.
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John & Cathy R.
06 Pace Arrow 38L Workhorse W24
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12-16-2014, 07:09 PM
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Senior Member
Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Floyds Knobs, Indiana
Posts: 499
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We use video Skype to communicate with our son in Belgium and daughter/grandbaby in Baltimore. It definitely helps ease the separation.
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Mike & Sue Jones
2020 Tuscany 45MJ
Jeep Gladiator
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12-16-2014, 07:59 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 1,149
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Welcome To The Club
We have been full-timing since 2/15/13 and loving it in Texas! Lots of nice folks here on IRV2.
SNOWBIRDS "The Other White Meat" 
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06 Holiday Rambler 45' PBQ
USAF Vietnam Vet 68-72
A1E/A1H Skyraider "SandyHobo"
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12-16-2014, 09:07 PM
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Nor Cal
Posts: 1,343
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Welcome to the forum.
Another vote for Skype on the internet, or, Facetime on Iphone.
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Rich & Pati
06 Outback Sydney M28-FRLS
00 F350 7.3L some Mods __03 15' Klamath SS w/30hp
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12-17-2014, 06:10 AM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Buffalo, IA
Posts: 2,825
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Welcome to the forum and good luck full timing..... 
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Terry & Brenda - From the Iowa Banks of the Mighty Mississippi
2011 Winnie Journey 34y, Freightliner / Cummins , 2012 Chevy Colorado Toad
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12-17-2014, 08:13 AM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
Posts: 53,669
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Hi folks! Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you joined the gang!
Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!  
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Joe & Annette
Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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12-17-2014, 08:20 AM
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Senior Member
Entegra Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: If I'm not here, I'm somewhere else.
Posts: 1,222
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Welcome from Grafton Ohio !!
As I type this, I'm sitting at the shore of that ice cube called Lake Erie (E.9th & Superior).
Hoping to take up the same life style soon.
Enjoy and have a Merry and Blessed Christmas.
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Ken & Laurie
North in summer, Home in Silver Springs, FL in the Winter
2022 Riverstone 39RKFB - 2022 RAM 3500 Dually Laramie
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12-17-2014, 05:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 847
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Welcome to the irv2 community! Congrats on making the move to full-timing and good luck with making the adjustments to "seeing the country." You should find lots of folks here who share your new lifestyle and they are really helpful.
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Hudgens Family, 2014 Jayco Precept 31ul, 2011 Jeep GC toad, Blue Ox BX7365 towbar, RVi2Brake in Jeep
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12-18-2014, 03:03 PM
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Senior Member
Country Coach Owners Club Retired Fire Service RVer's
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Ocala, Florida
Posts: 6,295
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 Welcome and glad to meet you!
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2012 Airstream Mercedes Interstate Class B
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